List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records

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This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.

Kent have played over 3,000 first-class matches since the official formation of the club in 1846.[1] Over 2,600 of these have been in the County Championship which Kent have been a member of since its inaugural season in 1890.[2] Before August 1846 the county was represented by a number of first-class teams who competed against county sides and other representative teams.

Team records

All records last updated 6 February 2016

Kent's highest score in an innings was achieved in 1934 against Essex at Brentwood. Their highest score at a home ground was set in 2015 at Tunbridge Wells, again with Essex as the opposition.[3][4][5] The county's lowest innings totals all date from the 19th century.[6]

Highest partnerships

The highest partnership in Kent's history was 368 runs, set in 1995 at Maidstone against Derbyshire.[9]

Runs Players Opposition Venue Season
368 (4th wicket) Aravinda de Silva (255) Graham Cowdrey (137) v Derbyshire Mote Park, Maidstone 1995
366 (2nd wicket) Simon Hinks (234) Neil Taylor (152*) v Middlesex St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1990
352 (2nd wicket) Bill Ashdown (332) Frank Woolley (172) v Essex Old County Ground, Brentwood 1934
323 (3rd wicket) Robert Key (189) Martin van Jaarsveld (168) v Surrey Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells 2005
321* (3rd wicket) Alec Hearne (162*) Jack Mason (181*) v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1899
Highest partnership for each wicket
Partnership Runs Players Opposition Venue Season
1st wicket 300 Neil Taylor (146) Mark Benson (160) v Derbyshire St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1991
2nd wicket 366 Simon Hinks (234) Neil Taylor (152*) v Middlesex St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1990
3rd wicket 323 Robert Key (189) Martin van Jaarsveld (168) v Surrey Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells 2005
4th wicket 368 Aravinda de Silva (255) Graham Cowdrey (137) v Derbyshire Mote Park, Maidstone 1995
5th wicket 277 Frank Woolley (224) Les Ames (115) v New Zealanders St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1931
6th wicket 315 Aravinda de Silva (225) Mark Ealham (121) v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1995
7th wicket 248 Arthur Day (118) Punter Humphreys (149) v Somerset County Ground, Taunton 1908
8th wicket 177 Geraint Jones (105) Yasir Arafat (101*) v Warwickshire St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 2007
9th wicket 171 Mark Ealham (122) Paul Strang (73) v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1997
10th wicket 235 Frank Woolley (185) Arthur Fielder (112*) v Worcestershire War Memorial Athletic Ground, Stourbridge 1909

Appearances

Five men have made more than 500 appearances for Kent in first-class cricket.[10]

Individual batting records

Frank Woolley holds the records for most runs scored for Kent as well as most runs in a season and most centuries in a career with 122, the only player with more than 100 centuries for the county.[11] The highest individual score for the county is 332 runs, achieved by Bill Ashdown against Essex at Brentwood in 1934. Ashdown is the only man to have scored more than 300 runs in an innings for the county, doing so twice in his career.[12]

Highest individual score in an innings
Runs Player Opponent Venue Season
332 Bill Ashdown v Essex Old County Ground, Brentwood 1934
305* Bill Ashdown v Derbyshire Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover 1935
295 Les Ames v Gloucestershire Cheriton Road, Folkestone 1933
275* Matthew Walker v Somerset St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1996
270 Frank Woolley v Middlesex St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury 1923
270* Rob Key v Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 2009

Individual records (bowling)

Spin bowlers Tich Freeman and Colin Blythe dominate Kent bowling records. Freeman is the leading wicket taker in Kent's history and holds the records for the most 5-for and 10-for innings in first-class cricket.[13] Blythe has the best known figures in an innings for the county, taking 10/30 against Northamptonshire in 1907.[14]

Note: The most wickets taken in a season by a bowler other than Freeman is 185, by Colin Blythe in 1909. Freeman (14 times), Blythe (8 times), Arthur Fielder (twice) and Frank Woolley (once) are the only men to take 150 wickets or more in a season for Kent.[15]

Best figures in an innings
Bowling Player Opponent Venue Season
10/30 Colin Blythe v Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground, Northampton 1907
10/53 Tich Freeman v Essex Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea 1930
10/65 George Collins v Nottinghamshire Crabble Athletic Ground, Dover 1922
10/79 Tich Freeman v Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester 1931
10/131 Tich Freeman v Lancashire Mote Park, Maidstone 1929

Edmund Hinkly took ten wickets in an innings against England in 1848, the first time that the feat of taking all ten wickets in a first-class innings is known to have been achieved.[16] It is not known how many runs he conceded in doing so.

Best figures in a match
Bowling Player Opponent Venue Season
17/48 Colin Blythe v Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton 1907
17/67 Tich Freeman v Sussex County Ground, Hove 1922
17/92 Tich Freeman v Warwickshire Cheriton Road, Folkestone 1932
16/80 Doug Wright v Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath 1939
16/82 Tich Freeman v Northamptonshire Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells 1932

Fielding records

Wicketkeeping records

  • Most dismissals in an innings: 8 Steve Marsh vs Middlesex at Lord's, 1991 (8 catches, no stumpings)
  • Most dismissals in a match: 10 Fred Huish vs Surrey at The Oval, 1911 (1 catch, 9 stumpings) and Jack Hubble vs Gloucestershire at College Ground, Cheltenham, 1923 (9 catches, 1 stumping)
  • Most catches in a season: 78 Alan Knott, 1967
  • Most stumpings in a season: 56 Les Ames, 1932
  • Most total dismissals in a season: 116 Les Ames, 1929
  • Most catches in a career: 901 Fred Huish, 1895–1914
  • Most stumpings in a career: 352 Fred Huish, 1895–1914
  • Most total dismissals in a career: 1,253 Fred Huish, 1895–1914

See also

References

  1. ↑ Playing record, Cricket Archive, 2016-02-06.
  2. ↑ County Championship playing record, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  3. ↑ Highest team totals for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  4. ↑ Kent crush Essex in LV= County Championship Division 2 clash at Tunbridge Wells, Kent Online, 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  5. ↑ Records tumble at Tunbridge Wells, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  6. ↑ Lowest team totals for Kent, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  7. ↑ Highest team totals against Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  8. ↑ Lowest team totals against Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  9. ↑ Highest partnership for each wicket by Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  10. ↑ Most appearances for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  11. ↑ Most centuries for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  12. ↑ Most runs in an innings for Kent, Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  13. ↑ 'Tich’ Freeman: Colossus who ruled the County Championship for Kent, Cricket Country, 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  14. ↑ Most wickets in an innings for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  15. ↑ Most wickets in a season for Kent, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  16. ↑ Cowdrey's crowning glory, CricInfo, 2003-07-11. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

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